RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. HE SAYS HE WAS ASSAULTED AFTER A CAB RIDE. NOW HE IS HOPING POLICE CAN USE GPS TO TRACK DOWN THE DRIVER AND PERSON RESPONSIBLE. WDSU REPORTER GINA SWANSON JOINS US NOW LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH THE STORY. POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THIS CASE ...BUT IT'S A COMMON STORY AFTER A DAY IN THE FRENCH QUARTER... PEOPLE OFTEN CATCH CABS HOME JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. BUT ONE MAN SAYS HE WAS BEATEN JUST THREE BLOCKS FROM HIS HOME AFTER TELLING THE DRIVER HE WAS A COUPLE BUCKS WAS SHORT ON CASH. WE HAVE TO WARN YOU SOME OF HIS INJURIES ARE PRETTY GRAPHIC. todd blauvelt/victim I was out at a krewe function on royal street we were there for a couple of hours TODD BLVAULT SPENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH FRIENDS HAVING SOME FUN AND DRINKS IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. FROM ROYAL STREET HE WALKED TO RAMPART. AFTER ANOTHER COCKTAIL ...HE HAILED A CAB HOME TO ALGIERS. AS HE ALWAYS DOES. I have not driven in over 20 years because I am a drinker. I don't drink and drive and i opt for the safe rout home BLAUVELT SAYS NORMALLY THE FARE FROM THE QUARTER TO ALGIERS IS... roughly between 16 ad 18 dollars WHILE ON THE RIDE HE CHECKED HIS CASH... and as the THE METER TICKED UP CLOSE HIS LIMIT HE SAYS HE ALERTED THE DRIVER i told the cab driver all i've got n me is 14 dollars is that going to be ok and he said no BALUVELT WAS THREE BLOCKS FROM HIS HOME AT THE TIME HE ASKED THE DRIVER TO LET HIM OUT SO HE COULD WALK THE REST OF THE WAY. THAT'S WHEN HE SAID A MAN RIDING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT ROUGHED HIM UP. he yanked me out i stumled to the sidewalk and then boom boom BLAUVELT SAYS HE SUFFERED BLOWS TO THE HEAD AND FACE DOES NOT REMEMBER MUCH...A PASSER BY TRIED TO HELP i may have been just sitting here stunned and she walked by and helped me up POLICE EVENTUALLY ARRIVED AND TOOK HIM HOME. THEN HE WAS TREATED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR HIS INJURIES. orbital fracture contusion basically a black eye head injuries head trauma NOW HE'S HOPING POLICE CAN FIND THE MAN RESPONSIBLE. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT THE INCIDENT, NOT EVEN THE DRIVER OR THE CAB COMPANY. AND HE'S STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE RIDE HOME ENDED UP WITH HIM IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM i'm disgusted. you dot want me drink and drive, its not illeagal to drinking take the safe route home and i get beat up WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY--THE CAMERAS AND GPS SYSTEMS CABS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE BLAUVELT IS HOPING THE DRIVER CAN BE TRACKED DOWN...AND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE PROSECUTED. WE REACHED OUT TO THE CAB BUREAU THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. SO FAR WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. IT IS WORTH A MENTION THAT JUST MONTHS AGO POLICE WERE ABLE TO USE THE CAB GPS AND VIDEO SYSTEM TO TRACK DOWN THIS MAN. SOHAIL KAHN WHO IS ACCUSED OF SEXAULLY ASSAULTING A PASSANGER.

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